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  • noun A conceptual model that describes an alternative possibility to that suggested by an existing model.

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counter- +‎ model

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  • (The countermodel is the published version of Hemingway's "Garden of Eden," not a serious edition of a great writer's epic mess, but a market-driven remix, with no information about the extent of the high-handed cutting and splicing.)

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • (The countermodel is the published version of Hemingway's "Garden of Eden," not a serious edition of a great writer's epic mess, but a market-driven remix, with no information about the extent of the high-handed cutting and splicing.)

    NYT > Home Page By DAVID GATES 2009

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